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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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